The 2024 Spring Festival kicks off today.
Qiu Zhiwei, secretary general of the News Photography Working Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Journalists Association, has photographed the Spring Festival army for nearly 30 years. On the most crowded train, he has experienced, experienced, and felt all kinds of tastes on the way home, and the joy and happiness when people come home to reunite.
"The mountains are high and the road is far away, and the dream is lingering, and the return journey is thousands of miles away to relieve homesickness."
Teacher Qiu said that returning home for the Spring Festival is not only a family reunion, a kiss for the children, and a greeting to the neighbors, but also full of nostalgia and a year or even many years of longing.
Today, follow Mr. Qiu's lens and video to see his impressions of the Spring Festival since 1987.
1987, before the Spring Festival. City Station Railway Station Square waiting for people returning home. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 1988, outside the city station, migrant workers waiting to return to their hometowns. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 1989, the Spring Festival kicked off, and the ticket hall of the railway station. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 1990, the man who got on the train. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 1991, migrant workers who were going to return to their hometowns. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
No matter how tired you are, you have to go home. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
1996 Spring Festival, crowded train carriages. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 1997, the first day of the Spring Festival. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 1999, squeezed the train. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2004, the overcrowded carriages. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2006, the ticket hall of the city station railway station, people waiting for a ticket. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2007, migrant workers on the bus. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2007, the train station, the long-waiting passengers. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2007, on the train from Hangzhou to Guiyang, after more than 30 hours of crowding, the mood when the end was approached. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2007, the end of the line was approaching. Young couple holding up their child: Baby, we're home! Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2008, it was snowy and snowy as the Spring Festival approached. People stranded at the city station. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
Passengers waiting for the train in 2008. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2008, passengers who were ready to board the bus brought their own small stools. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2009, people waiting in the waiting hall to return to their hometowns. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
Hurry with your bags on your back. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
On the way. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2014, after a hard trip during the Spring Festival, the mood when I arrived home. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
That's what it means to go home. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
That's what it means to go home. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
That's what it means to go home. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2017, on the first day of the Spring Festival, passengers waiting at Hangzhou East Railway Station. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
In 2018, people on the road to the Spring Festival. Photo by Qiu Zhiwei
On the first day of the Spring Festival in 2019, the villagers who bought tickets set out on the way home. This is a lucky person who can "pick up the leak" on the first day. Data map
On the first day of the Spring Festival in 2020, a returnee faced the reporter's camera, exuding anticipation. Data map
In the Spring Festival of 2021, many people responded to the call to stay in Zhejiang for the New Year, and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport was not as bustling as in previous years. Data map
During the Spring Festival in 2022, masks will become the standard for travel. Data map
On the first day of the Spring Festival in 2023, I saw the white empty barrel of the Spring Festival artifact again. Data map
Source: CCTV